78B Star Road, Caversham, Reading, RG4 5BE

PL/25/1646Householder planning permissionApproved

Householder

Approved on 30 January 2026

Council decision: Approve with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Conversion of garage to residential use

Received: 17 November 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Reading Borough Council
Ward: Caversham Ward

ReceivedReceived17 Nov
ValidatedValidated26 Nov
Consult.Consultation1 Jan
TargetTarget Date8 Jan
DecidedDecided30 Jan

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 78B STAR ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 5BE. Reading has handled 449 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than Reading's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Caversham Ward. We hold 820 applications in total for the RG4 postcode area.

89% of full applications at Reading Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: RG4 5BE
Application type: Householder planning permission
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 26 November 2025
Consultation expiry: 1 January 2026
Consultation end: 1 January 2026
Target decision date: 8 January 2026
Application expires: 30 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 65 days

Additional information

Documents: 10

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Source: Reading

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